IMO Palin, Cain and perhaps Bachman need to form a sort of tag-team for campaigning and the debates. If they are as principled as I think they are then this is a good strategy. The team would not attack each other, would campaign together and support one another. They could ask their supporters to back which ever was the strongest in the polls going into the primaries...to eliminate the possibility of the hideous fool Romney getting the nomination.
When it all settles out one of the three would be the presidential nominee, one the Veep and the other guaranteed a high position in the new administration.
This election is too important...we must not split the primary votes between the conservative candidates. Romney must fail.
That is a reasonable idea.
Cain has pledged to campaign against Obama during the primaries. He said he would respond to any attacks against him, but that he would not pro actively attack anyone but Obama (and other Democrat liberals).